How Are Jihadists Changing Syria’s War? Live Chat Wed. 1 p.m. ET

What started as an uprising against the Assad regime became a sectarian civil war.

And now, Al Qaeda and the radical Islamist group ISIS have changed the war’s dynamics yet again, adding a volatile second front to this intractable conflict, and raising the stakes of the war even higher.

In Syria’s Second Front, journalist Muhammad Ali uncovers firsthand how the revolution has devolved into a fight between rebels and extremist factions claiming allegiance to Al Qaeda.

How are the jihadists changing Syria’s war? Where are they coming from? What are their goals? How have they raised the stakes of the war’s outcome? Is there any end in sight?

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